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Making of Butokuden Kendo Dojo wood floor

taroariga — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:17:30 +0000

Some people had asked me how I made the wooden floor of the BUTOKUDEN Dojo, so today I will write now I made the Butokuden Kendo Dojo wood floor myself.

Our Dojo used to have a plastic tile, which covered a layer of plywood. Originally, we rented this location, because it used to be used by [...]

Promotion Test

asukakondo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:43:45 +0000

On Sunday, we had the promotion exam for KYU to 4 Dan. There were around 60 people testing at the examination.

I got 3 Dan a year ago, therefore I did not have the qualification to take test this time. I went to the examination as a helper. I helped as a timer, so I was [...]

Practice Diary 10/20/2009 Last Practice with Someya Sensei

asukakondo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:51:58 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

We had last Keiko with Someya Sensei on October 20. He went back to Brazil on October 21.

This day was only Jigeiko. Of course, I went practice with Someya Sensei. I got very good advices. He told me that I should initiate the attacks using the legs, and not arms. Also, he [...]

Practice Diary 10/19/2009 Syu-Ha-Ri

asukakondo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:25:53 +0000

Last 2 weeks, Someya Sensei came to our Dojo and taught us the tip of hitting Men. He told us that you should pull up the left hand, in order to bring the tip of the Shinai down, to hit the opponent Men more precisely and sharply.

Someya Sensei

After practice, one of students in our [...]

Practice Diary 10/07/2009 Someya Senpai

asukakondo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:14:40 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

This week, we have many guest Kenshis coming our Dojo. Besides the boys from Japan, we have Someya Sensei from Brazil. He is Ariga Sensei’s Senpai when he practiced in Brazil in his childhood. He has 7 Dan and was the Brazil Delegation Manager in 14th World Kendo Championships, last month.

I usually [...]

Practice Diary 10/06/2009 Young Kenshis coming!

asukakondo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:45:57 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

Today, we had two young Kenshis from Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The older brother is 15 years old and has Second Dan, and the younger brother is 12 years old and has Sho-Dan. Their father found our Dojo from our website and sent Ariga Sensei an e-mail last week. As they [...]

10/01/2009 Kendo Practice Diary

asukakondo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:26:46 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

Today, two female Kenshis came to our Dojo from Soka University. So, last practice was a very big group, and we could for a group of females to do the drills.. Usually we can’t make female group, since there are only a few female in our Dojo, and they all don’t come [...]

09/29/2009 KENDO Practice Diary

asukakondo — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:45:33 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

It has been a week since I last practiced Kendo, because I traveled around Southern California. There were a fewer students than usual today. Since our Dojo is not so big, this number was actually ideal for our practice.

Unfortunately, I found that my size 39 Shinai was broken just before practice. So [...]